Artificial reef design affects benthic secondary productivity and provision of functional habitat [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Novel hard substratum, introduced through offshore developments, can provide habitat for marine species and thereby function as an artificial reef. To predict the ecological consequences of deploying offshore infrastructure, and sustainably manage the ...
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Study of the Behavioral Characteristics of Lutjanus erythropterus on the Basis of the Distance and Structure of Artificial Reefs [PDF]
BiologyThe aims of this study were to analyze the preferences of rocky reef fish for different types of artificial reefs and to determine the distances between reefs that lead to the production of independent effects.
Manju Jiang +4 more
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Factors constraining natural recovery of Diadema antillarum following a mass die-off: a case study near the island of Saba, Caribbean Netherlands [PDF]
PeerJAfter the mass mortality of 1983–1984, recovery of the keystone herbivore Diadema antillarum has been limited. Persistently low population densities reduced grazing pressure, leading to algal dominance on many Caribbean reefs.
Alwin Hylkema, Oliver J. Klokman
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A report of biological observations at Oceanside #1 and #2 artificial reefs, Carlsbad artificial reef, Pacific Beach artificial reef, and Mission Bay Park artificial reef [PDF]
, 1993 (Document pdf contains 22 ...
Bedford, Dennis W.
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A report of biological observations at Pacific Beach artificial reef, Oceanside artificial reef, and Santa Monica Bay artificial reef [PDF]
, 1991 (Document pdf contains 16 ...
Grant, John J.
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Biological surveys of Santa Monica Bay artificial reef and Topanga artificial reef [PDF]
, 1996 This report details the development of the biological communities on 2 artificial reefs off southern California (Figure 1). Santa Monica Bay Artificial Reef(SMBAR) and Topanga Artificial Reef(TAR) were both constructed in 1987 with 20,000 and 10,000 ...
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Frontiers in Marine ScienceArtificial reefs can play an important role in marine fisheries management by supplementing or enhancing natural habitats. Despite their increased use in recent years, the choice of structures used at artificial reefs remains largely haphazard due to the
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Artificial Reef Detection Method for Multibeam Sonar Imagery Based on Convolutional Neural Networks
Remote Sensing, 2022 Artificial reef detection in multibeam sonar images is an important measure for the monitoring and assessment of biological resources in marine ranching.
Zhipeng Dong +5 more
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Heliyon, 2021 Artificial reefs may enhance the biological production of reef-associated flora and fauna, but their trophic structure relative to that of natural reefs remains understudied.
Christopher A. Blanar +3 more
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Fish assemblages on estuarine artificial reefs: natural rocky-reef mimics or discrete assemblages? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 If the primary goal of artificial reef construction is the creation of additional reef habitat that is comparable to adjacent natural rocky-reef, then performance should be evaluated using simultaneous comparisons with adjacent natural habitats.
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